DSE witnesses marginal rise

The premier bourse Wednesday observed a marginal rise both in the benchmark index and turnover value for the third consecutive session as major sectors contributed positively. The market started its session with a flying note at 10.30 am and the benchmark index DSEX gained 23 points at 11.00 am. Later, the DSEX lost some points and it shortly afterwards back and ended the rest of the session through fluctuations. At the end of the session, the DSEX posted a gain of 0.45 per cent or 20.70 per cent to close at 4527.41 points. DSE Shahriah Index went up by 0.22 per cent or 2.47 points to close at 1104 points, whereas another index DSE30 comprising of blue chips gained 0.24 per cent or 4.25 points to close at 1746 points. Among 316 issues traded, 200 advanced, 85 declined and 31 remained unchanged on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). A total of 0.13 million trades were executed at Wednesday’s trading session with a turnover of Tk 4.47 billion. Today’s turnover value was 8.91 per cent higher against the value observed in previous session.